diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 7fd7ed1..834ba53 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ dagp = "1.30.0"
 java = "11"
 junit5 = "5.7.2"
 kotlin = "1.9.24"
-kotlinEditor = "0.4"
+kotlinEditor = "0.5"
 mavenPublish = "0.28.0"
 moshi = "1.14.0"
 retrofit = "2.9.0"
diff --git a/sort/src/main/kotlin/com/squareup/sort/DependencyComparator.kt b/sort/src/main/kotlin/com/squareup/sort/DependencyComparator.kt
index 2d83748..7b6041d 100644
--- a/sort/src/main/kotlin/com/squareup/sort/DependencyComparator.kt
+++ b/sort/src/main/kotlin/com/squareup/sort/DependencyComparator.kt
@@ -28,12 +28,17 @@ internal class DependencyComparator : Comparator<DependencyDeclaration> {
     right: DependencyDeclaration,
   ): Int {
     if (left.isProjectDependency() && right.isProjectDependency()) return compareDependencies(
-      left,
-      right
+      left, right
     )
     if (left.isProjectDependency()) return -1
     if (right.isProjectDependency()) return 1
 
+    if (left.isGradleDistributionDependency() && right.isGradleDistributionDependency()) return compareDependencies(
+      left, right
+    )
+    if (left.isGradleDistributionDependency()) return -1
+    if (right.isGradleDistributionDependency()) return 1
+
     if (left.isFileDependency() && right.isFileDependency()) return compareDependencies(left, right)
     if (left.isFileDependency()) return -1
     if (right.isFileDependency()) return -1
diff --git a/sort/src/main/kotlin/com/squareup/sort/DependencyDeclaration.kt b/sort/src/main/kotlin/com/squareup/sort/DependencyDeclaration.kt
index 81011ae..785265b 100644
--- a/sort/src/main/kotlin/com/squareup/sort/DependencyDeclaration.kt
+++ b/sort/src/main/kotlin/com/squareup/sort/DependencyDeclaration.kt
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ internal interface DependencyDeclaration {
   fun isPlatformDeclaration(): Boolean
   fun isTestFixturesDeclaration(): Boolean
 
+  /** TODO(tsr): what about files and fileTree? */
   fun isFileDependency(): Boolean
+
+  fun isGradleDistributionDependency(): Boolean
+
   fun isProjectDependency(): Boolean
 
   /**
diff --git a/sort/src/main/kotlin/com/squareup/sort/groovy/GroovyDependencyDeclaration.kt b/sort/src/main/kotlin/com/squareup/sort/groovy/GroovyDependencyDeclaration.kt
index 400bfbf..c865760 100644
--- a/sort/src/main/kotlin/com/squareup/sort/groovy/GroovyDependencyDeclaration.kt
+++ b/sort/src/main/kotlin/com/squareup/sort/groovy/GroovyDependencyDeclaration.kt
@@ -47,9 +47,13 @@ internal class GroovyDependencyDeclaration(
   override fun isPlatformDeclaration() = declarationKind == DeclarationKind.PLATFORM
   override fun isTestFixturesDeclaration() = declarationKind == DeclarationKind.TEST_FIXTURES
 
-  override fun isProjectDependency() = dependencyKind == DependencyKind.PROJECT
   override fun isFileDependency() = dependencyKind == DependencyKind.FILE
 
+  /** TODO(tsr): implement DependencyKind.GRADLE_DISTRIBUTION */
+  override fun isGradleDistributionDependency(): Boolean = false
+
+  override fun isProjectDependency() = dependencyKind == DependencyKind.PROJECT
+
   override fun hasQuotes(): Boolean {
     val i = declaration.children.indexOf(dependency)
     return declaration.getChild(i - 1) is QuoteContext && declaration.getChild(i + 1) is QuoteContext
diff --git a/sort/src/main/kotlin/com/squareup/sort/kotlin/KotlinDependencyDeclaration.kt b/sort/src/main/kotlin/com/squareup/sort/kotlin/KotlinDependencyDeclaration.kt
index 946cb18..62dba3a 100644
--- a/sort/src/main/kotlin/com/squareup/sort/kotlin/KotlinDependencyDeclaration.kt
+++ b/sort/src/main/kotlin/com/squareup/sort/kotlin/KotlinDependencyDeclaration.kt
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ internal class KotlinDependencyDeclaration(
     return base.type == Type.FILE
   }
 
+  override fun isGradleDistributionDependency(): Boolean {
+    return base.type == Type.GRADLE_DISTRIBUTION
+  }
+
   override fun isProjectDependency(): Boolean {
     return base.type == Type.PROJECT
   }
diff --git a/sort/src/test/groovy/com/squareup/sort/KotlinSorterSpec.groovy b/sort/src/test/groovy/com/squareup/sort/KotlinSorterSpec.groovy
index 099589f..1ef5323 100644
--- a/sort/src/test/groovy/com/squareup/sort/KotlinSorterSpec.groovy
+++ b/sort/src/test/groovy/com/squareup/sort/KotlinSorterSpec.groovy
@@ -115,6 +115,37 @@ class KotlinSorterSpec extends Specification {
     )).inOrder()
   }
 
+  def "can sort build script with gradleApi() dep"() {
+    given:
+    def buildScript = dir.resolve('build.gradle.kts')
+    Files.writeString(buildScript,
+      '''\
+          dependencies {
+            implementation("heart:of-gold:1.0")
+            api(project(":marvin"))
+
+            implementation("sad:robot:1.0")
+            api(gradleApi())
+            implementation(testFixtures(libs.magic))
+            implementation(platform(project(":platform")))
+          }'''.stripIndent())
+    def sorter = KotlinSorter.of(buildScript)
+
+    expect:
+    assertThat(trimmedLinesOf(sorter.rewritten())).containsExactlyElementsIn(trimmedLinesOf(
+      '''\
+          dependencies {
+            api(project(":marvin"))
+            api(gradleApi())
+
+            implementation(platform(project(":platform")))
+            implementation(testFixtures(libs.magic))
+            implementation("heart:of-gold:1.0")
+            implementation("sad:robot:1.0")
+          }'''.stripIndent()
+    )).inOrder()
+  }
+
   def "can sort build script with four-space tabs"() {
     given:
     def buildScript = dir.resolve('build.gradle.kts')